Edmonton Journal siege ends after bomb hoax threat
A man stormed the Edmonton Journal building and threatened to blow it up unless his articles were published. Police evacuated 500 staff during a three hour stand off. He later surrendered to a police officer after the paper ran 200 copies with his front page manifesto.
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Edmonton, Alta
UPE
Edmonton Journal
Journal
Andrew Snaddon
We Journal
Employes
Chad Ames
Aged climber faces Matterhorn ascent again
California banker Stan Zundell, 61, confessed to a plan to climb the Matterhorn alone for the ninth or tenth time. He has a history of prior ascents since 1969 and aimed for another solo ascent next Monday amid multiple recent climbs.
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Zermatt
Switzerland
UPS
California
Stan, Zundell
Matterhorn
Zundell
Los Angeles
Sid
Church arsonist strikes third fire this month in SF
Firemen battled a 100000 dollar blaze at the People's Temple of the Disciples of Christ as San Francisco reported a third church fire in a month. Fire Chief Keith Calden said arsonists are at work and Rev. Jones Jones cited prior threats while warning youngsters away from the church. Earlier fires hit the Holy Order of Man Church and the Metropolitan Commentary Church.
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San Francisco
UPT
Keith Calden
People’s Temple of the Disciples of Christ
Denomination Brotherhood
Jones Jones
Jones
Holy Order of Man
Metropolitan Commentry Church
Newton assault trial opens in Oakland bar clash
Former jockey Alone Miller testifies as prosecution’s first witness in the battery case against Huey P. Newton and Robert Bay. Miller says the pair argued in Rainhow Lounge before Newton ordered Bay to strike him with a pistol. Defense claims Miller provoked the dispute over Newton’s girlfriend.
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Oakland
Ise
Black Panther Party
Huey P. Newton
Miller
Newton
Robert Bay
Bay
Jie
Rain‘how
Charles Garry
Lost boy freed by bear in New Hampshire woods
Peter Coleford, an 11 year old from Bridgewater Massachusetts, was found after spending a night treed by a bear while hiking with his family. He emerged wet and tired reporting he had been chased up a tree by a bear and remained there for some time. He was soaked but unharmed aside from cold and fatigue.
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Woodstock
N.H
Wpi
Massachusetts
Peter Coleford
Bridgewater
Mass
Portrait sketch key in Bevarold assault case
San Francisco police released a portrait of a man they say repeatedly raped and beat a Bevarold woman in a hotel room on August 14. The sketch, created from victim and witness descriptions, notes a 161 pound man with curly reddish hair and several facial scars. Police suspect he may be the same assailant who raped and burned a 23 year old woman at Fisherman’s Wharf last February.
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San Francisco
Thobert Nelson
Wortat
Fisherman’s Wharf
Cal Dope
Croydon
Robbers Steal Up To 100000 In Croydon Hotel Heist
In a dramatic New York hotel robbery, two masked men tied up seven people and blindfolded guests while looting 13 deposit boxes. They escaped with an estimated 75,000 to 100,000 in jewelry and valuables after posing as staff and forcing employees to obey commands.
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New York
UPI
Manhattan
Canada faces third national railway shutdown since 1985
About 56,000 non operating railway workers walked off across Canada shutting down service in the country’s third national rail outage since 1985. In Ottawa Labor Minister John Munro discussed the situation with advisers while Conservative Leader Robert Stanfield urged Parliament to reconvene if the dispute remains unsettled by the weekend.
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Canada
Ottawa
John Munro
Robert Stanfield
Cynara
Court to Decide on Wage Freeze in Cal State
California Supreme Court will hear a class action by a state civil service employee and the California State Employer Association challenging a federal wage freeze. The case concerns whether the federal Cost of Living Council can block state wage increases due since July under the state budget.
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San Francisco
UPI
State Supreme Court
California
Civil Service
Cost of Living Council
Ohio Supreme Court
Golden Gate budget on agenda for district meeting
San Francisco budget officials plan to review a 95 million operating budget for the Golden Gate Bridge District including bridge bus and ferry operations. The revised plan includes 10 million in federal grants and a forecast of a 10.6 trillion deficit for the current fiscal year ending June, with continued deficits for five years and debt approaching 0.9 million by June 1978.
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Ban Francisco
UPI
Golden Gate Bridge
Jesa
Anance Auditing Committee
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Gordon Tables
Fiat
Nove
Croselands Furniture
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Ditional Crossroads Fine Furniture
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